Get Started with CloudDC

Signing Up to CloudDC

1. Navigate to https://panel.orionvm.com.au/signup 
   
   
2. Fill in your billing and personal information, continue through to the end of the form.
   
   
3. You will soon receive a call from an OrionVM representative that will activate your account.

Log into the OrionVM CloudDC Management Panel

1. Navigate to https://panel.orionvm.com.au/ once you have received an activation email from OrionVM.
   
   
2. Login with your newly created OrionVM account.
   
   
3. If you entered your details correctly you should now see the OrionVM Dashboard, displaying that you are yet to allocate any resources.

Create your first Cloud Machine

1. Click on the 'Instances' tab.
   
   
2. Currently you have no instances so this page will mostly be blank.
   
   
3. Click the 'Instance Wizard' button and adjust the sliders to increase the amount of memory or storage space allocated to your Cloud Machine.
   
   
4. Ensure the switch to boot your Cloud Machine after creation is set to the Yes position.
   
   
5. Press Create and wait appoximately 60 seconds while your Cloud Machine is provisioned and started up.
   
   
6. You should now see your Cloud Machine in the 'Instances' tab, it is currently in the off state, with 1 disk and 1 IP attached.
   
   
7. When the status of your Cloud Machine turns to the 'On' icon, press the 'Console' button on the right to bring up the OrionVM Virtual Console.
   
   
8. Enter your OrionVM credentials to authenticate and press 0 to choose your newly created Cloud Machine.
   
   
9. By default the username is root and the password is *blank* (as in there is no password). To set a password type passwd in the prompt and press enter.
   
   
10. Once you have set a password your Cloud Machine will now be accessible via SSH from it's public IP listed in the OrionVM CloudDC Management Panel.
    
    
11. After you have had a look around you can close the console by pressing the (x) in the top right hand corner.
    
    
    

Managing your Cloud Machine Instances (e.g. Attaching a second disk)

1. To turn off your instance simply click the power 'Off' button on the right hand side of the Instances table. Do this now.
   
   
2. Once this has completed we can start to do some slightly more advanced tasks.
   
   
3. Press the 'Modify' button next to your instance to bring up the 'Instance Modify' dialog.
   
   
4. This dialog allows you to attach and remove resources from your Cloud Machines or increase their memory allocation.
   
   
5. Close the dialog for now and navigate to the 'Storage' tab.
   
   
6. To allocate a new CloudSAN volume press the 'Create Disk' button.
   
   
7. The 'Create Disk' dialog provisions disks that can then be assigned to Cloud Machines, choose an appropriate size and press Create.
   
   
8. The new disk should appear in the Storage tab as before and take only 60 seconds or so to provision depending on size.
   
   
9. Once this process has completed, navigate back to the 'Instances' tab and click the 'Modify' button again.
   
   
10. This time you should now see the disk you just created in the "Available" box.
    
    
11. Drag this disk into the "Attached" section, paying attention to the order of the disks. Ensure that your original disk is still the first volume on the list.
    
    
12. Click Modify to save your changes and power you instance back on by pressing the Power 'On' button.
    
    
13. Once your instance is back in the 'On' state access it again via the OrionVM Virtual Console.
    
    
14. A new device should be present as /dev/xvda2

This completes the getting started guide, feel free to experiment and read more Documentation.